在台灣軍事英語所受到之注目與相關投資的金額差距頗大。此研究之英文需求分析主旨為探究臺灣空軍人員軍事英語的語言需求。一旦確認了空軍人員的英語需求，便能於將來研究檢視及加強現今課程中教學指導及內容。本研究運用量化及質性的方法進行一個包括二個階段調查的分析。第一階段先對軍事領域的專家作線上調查，以建立一份真正的任務清單。第二階段是對空軍軍職人員進行由第一階段調查結果綜整後之問卷調查。此研究受測者包含一群110位曾有在美軍售受訓經驗或國內軍售儲備的空軍軍職人員，以及一群105位沒有軍售相關受訓經驗的空軍軍職人員。在訪談部分，從二組受測者中分別選岀各7名的志願者參加深入訪談。本研究採用5級的李克量表問卷與半開放式訪談兩種工具。
本研究量化結果顯示兩組人員最常執行的是閱讀技令(簡報)，最困難的是會議內容口譯，最簡單的是聆聽一般對話。首先，根據調查結果即使有義務執行任務，缺乏培訓會影響沒有軍售經驗的人員溝通的意願。其次，沒有軍售經驗的人員覺得每項的任務對他們來說都非常困難。此外，這兩組人員都有遇過非語言因素的難題，包括在正式場合和心理壓力、術語和跨領域的部份及文化差異
。最後，對四種語言技能的需求，結果顯示語言需求具有多向性和複雜性的特點。本研究為專業英語課程的教師提供了一些實際軍用英語任務的有用資訊，為負責決策的主管提供了方向，更希望為將來有意從事軍職的人作好迎接挑戰的準備。

In Taiwan, military English has received asymmetric attention to the big investment. This study aims at exploring the language needs Analysis on English use among Air Force personnel in Taiwan. Once the English language needs are identified, the pedagogical instructions and the contents can be examined in the current curriculum for further studies. A two-phase investigation was conducted in this study with both quantitative and qualitative methods. The first phase was an on-line survey to domain experts to establish an authentic task list. The second phase was to administer the questionnaire adapted from the task list of first phase on Air Force personnel. The participants consisted of two groups, which were FMS-experienced AF personnel/ FMS candidates (N=110) and non-FMS-experienced AF personnel (N=105). In the interview section, seven interviewees were chosen from the volunteers of the two groups respectively. The instruments were the questionnaire of 5-point Likert scale and semi-structured interview.
The results of quantitative data show that for both groups, the most frequent task is “read technical orders/ materials” and the most difficult task is “interpret for official meetings”. First, based on the findings, lack of training influences non-FMS-experienced personnel’s willingness to communicate even the task is obligated. Secondly, non-FMS-experienced group felt every individual task is very difficult to them. Also, for both groups, there are non-linguistic difficulties including formal occasion and psychological stress, terminology and cross fields, culture difference. Lastly, the wants about four language skills, the results show the trait of language needs, which is multidirectional and complicated. The present study provides ESP teachers some useful information about authentic ME tasks, the direction for supervisors who responsible for making decision and hopefully prepare pre-service air force personnel to meet their future challenges.

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